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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2015
Obama underscores Japan relations ahead of China's parade of military might
The United States on Wednesday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the formal end of World War II in the Pacific theater with President Barack Obama calling the wartime adversary Japan a "steadfast" ally and the current alliance with Tokyo a model of reconciliation, with the praise coming on the eve of...
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 2, 2015
Okazaki ready to help Japan unleash scoring barrage against Cambodia
If Japan lays another egg in a World Cup qualifier against Cambodia, pin it on me, says Shinji Okazaki.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 2, 2015
China's leaders welcome chance to distract attention with war parade
The noise of tanks and thousands of marching feet may be intended to stiffen the confidence of Chinese citizens, but Tokyo's reaction may be more subdued.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 2, 2015
New 'whale' to make splash in Tokyo markets as Japan Post sells bonds
As the world's biggest pension fund nears the end of its switch from sovereign bonds into stocks, investors are looking at Japan Post Bank Co. as the next actor big enough to move markets.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2015
19 million cars in U.S. still have defective Takata air bags: NHTSA
U.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday there are still about 19 million faulty Takata Corp. air bag inflators in U.S. cars and they need to be fixed.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 1, 2015
China blasts Japanese criticism of Ban's attendance of WWII event
China blasted Japanese objections over U.N. Secretary-General official Ban Ki-moon's decision to attend a controversial World War II victory ceremony in Beijing on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 1, 2015
Abe's diplomacy with Putin
Japan must place top priority on its national interests in pursuing diplomacy with Russia rather than following the United States' lead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2015
Japan's poor submarine pitch deters Australian industry
The Japanese consortium eyeing a contract to build submarines for Australia irked local suppliers by failing to share key information.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 31, 2015
No exit in sight from Futenma quagmire, where local resentment is deep
In early August, it appeared Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga might use his authority to cancel permission for the central government's landfill work on a U.S. facility in Henoko, where personnel from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma are supposed to be relocated.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2015
The Bank of Japan is China's biggest cheerleader
Unless Japan tends to its own economic problems, it will inevitably get dragged ever deeper into China's.
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2015
JPS an easy target for hackers
Structural deficiencies and lack of awareness about cyberattacks made the Japan Pension Service an easy target for hackers.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2015
A Korean woman recalls the tragedy of two wars
Seventy years have passed since the end of World War II, but memories of it and the Korean War that followed remain vivid in the mind of a 90-year-old Korean woman.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2015
China's financial woes draw parallels with Japan's crash in late 1990s
As China's stock markets have lurched wildly, seeding dramatic falls around the world, some have drawn parallels with the global financial crisis of 2008 or the Asian version a decade earlier. They are weak comparisons.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 29, 2015
Okinawa: always worth returning to
The island of Okinawa shimmers beneath the wing of our plane, a dark green smudge on the azure seascape. I can't see it well, ensconced as I am in the aisle seat, already subconsciously distancing myself from this visit. But my daughter, on the other end of the row, peers out the window with wide eager...
Rugby
Aug 29, 2015
Japan working to get Super Rugby tasks completed, JRFU executive says
Japan has signed the number of players it needs to take part in Super Rugby and remains confident it will not lose its franchise in the competition, Japan Rugby Football Union general secretary Noriyuki Sakamoto said on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 29, 2015
JPBL finalizes division placements for 2016-17
The Japan Professional Basketball League revealed which divisions the remaining 25 clubs have been allocated to for the new men's professional circuit, which tips off in 2016, at a Tokyo news conference on Saturday.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Aug 29, 2015
Currency Limbo
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2015
Diet passes bill aimed at boosting women in the workplace
The Diet passed a bill Friday aiming to promote the role of women in the workplace, along with greater female participation in the economy at a time when the country's population is expected to shrink further.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 28, 2015
Bodyguard; Charlotte Kate Fox; CM of the Week: Universal Studios Japan
Hiroshi Tate plays "SP Yatsurugi Takashi" ("Secret Police Takashi Yatsurugi"; TBS, Mon., 9 p.m.), a member of the Metropolitan Police Department who is assigned to the security detail for the governor of Tokyo, Sawako Yoshimine (Hisako Manda), as she hosts a ceremony for guests from Singapore. During...
EDITORIALS
Aug 28, 2015
Dearth of competition in the LDP
The dearth of any challenge to Shinzo Abe's leadership from within the LDP is disappointing given that many of his key policies are being questioned by the public.

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